I had this problem with my old white (non-HD) Sky+ box. But since getting an upgrade to an HD box the problem went away. So I suspect (in my case I know) it's an issue with the Sky box rather than the decoder Amp.You could try threatening to leave Sky unless they give you a new box - you pay enough for it!

I had this problem with my old white (non-HD) Sky+ box. But since getting an upgrade to an HD box the problem went away. So I suspect (in my case I know) it's an issue with the Sky box rather than the decoder Amp.You could try threatening to leave Sky unless they give you a new box - you pay enough for it!

That's what I did.

I had a brand new box - not a refurb - new dish and cabling. Essentially a new install. Problem remained.

Onkyo and Denon are the two that have the problem. My new Onkyo's fine though, but it is a year old.

Thanks for the info chaps. I'm really pissed off that sky have said nothing about this. Effectively this means I've got a perfectly good denon amp that is incompatible with sky. I will be phoning sky. Not very happy.

Thanks for the info chaps. I'm really pissed off that sky have said nothing about this. Effectively this means I've got a perfectly good denon amp that is incompatible with sky. I will be phoning sky. Not very happy.

Good luck with that.

They don't call them $ky for nothing!

As mentioned above, the acid test is that BBC channels in DD are totally unaffected - even though they are coming from the same box, same connections etc.

Depending on who you talk to, they will either deny all knowledge or be fully aware.

Every so often DD programs fail to output sound to my Onkyo 876. It never drops out during a program, but sometimes fails to output sound after rewinding. Very annoying. Tempted to threaten to leave if they don't upgrade me to a 1TB box. Especially seeing as Virgin fibre is being installed in the area.